Assessment of bacterial community structure in soil by polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Gelsomino, Antonio ^a   Keijzer Wolters, Anneke C ^b   Cacco, Giovanni ^a   Van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; DGGE; DNA extraction; PCR; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 0032824027     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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